Hartford 2000

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Hartford 2000 is a coalition of Neighborhood Revitalization Zone Committees and the City of Hartford who come together to share ideas, resources, and information and to work cooperatively together to revitalize Hartford's neighborhoods. The mission of Hartford 2000 is "to strengthen the individual and collective power of the NRZ's". It is the first forum in many years which has brought residents of the entire city together at one table. Hartford 2000 came into existence in 1997 and has evolved into an effective forum for neighborhoods to learn from one another, to develop working relationships among neighborhoods, and to provide the City of Hartford with input and assistance on projects and activities promoting neighborhood stabilization and revitalization. The City government uses Hartford 2000 as its principal mechanism for soliciting community involvement in decision-making on neighborhood development. Hartford 2000 evolved from two events, which took place in 1995 and 1996. The first was the passage by the Connecticut State Legislature of Public Act 95-340, "An Act Establishing A Neighborhood Revitalization Zone Process". The second was the decision by the City of Hartford to include the NRZ's in the development of an application for State Urban Act funds. The Neighborhood Revitalization Zone process is a mechanism to revitalize neighborhoods where there are significant numbers of properties that are abandoned, blighted, foreclosed and deteriorated...

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